A way to get around Clamping

philiy

I was thinking today, as I was running down the road to stop a clamper from clamping me.

What if I bought my own clamp and parked in a clamping zone and clamped myself, went off and did what I had to do and came back, unclamped myself and set off home happy as larry.

Any clamper that comes along would think, "this guys already been clamped"

Or if there is a way for clampers to know that this is not thier clamp you could clamp all four wheels yourself and then the clampers cant clamp an already clamped wheel.

Does anyone see any flaw to my idea?

Oh yea, I did get away without being clamped today, got in the car and drove away before the clamper could get the clamp on.

bladebrew

its a slightly good idea,but i wouldnt do it,can the public even buy clamps??

i saw this in a film im too ashamed to admit i watched years ago:)

Buffy the bitch

Take the wheels off the car.

Smokerkl

They would use the lovely big truck pick up ya car and put it on the trailer and drive it off for a little holiday in the pound!! release fee 135 plus 35 per day "storage' Thought about this plenty times
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Berty

You could pay for your parking. :rolleyes:

Just a thought.

philiy

Clamps are €45 in Argos

To put a car on a trailor or to tow it away some of the wheels need to be able to roll, with a clamp or clamps on this would be impossible.

Any other suggestions.............

Gary ITR

You could just do what I did.

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FYI I am going to use any excuse to post this story :pac:

bladebrew

philiy wrote: »

Clamps are €45 in Argos

To put a car on a trailor or to tow it away some of the wheels need to be able to roll, with a clamp or clamps on this would be impossible.

Any other suggestions.............

the truck i have seen driving around cork has a crane on the back with 4 attachments on it,i think if you get clamped and dont return to the car within a set time period they call the truck and just lift the car up onto it,

bazz26

Berty wrote: »

You could pay for your parking. :rolleyes:

Just a thought.

It's crazy but it might just work.

mazthespark

ya but the clamps on the crane attach to the wheels like a normal clamp does so if ur wheel is clamped they cant lift u without damaging the car

Berty

I have been googling this subject but with no joy.

There is a US company which makes hubcaps in all different sizes which look like clamps. You cannot drive with them because they wrap around the tyres as well.

All you need then is the stickers for the window.

Mickeym530

for the hassle your going to would u nt just pay the 1.50 or whatever for the parking!!

philiy

Mickeym530 wrote: »

for the hassle your going to would u nt just pay the 1.50 or whatever for the parking!!

No, life is for taking chances and I wanna take the chance, if I think I have even the slightest chance of this working, I'm gonna do it

L1011

It hasn't the slightest chance of working. The parking wardens and clamping crews are able to identify their own clamps and window stickers.

In fact, they'd likely just arrange to get your car lifted there and then rather than clamp another wheel.

squod

Get a lenght of 4'' by 4'' timber and a sheet of marine ply.
Make four posts out of the timber and screw to four square bases.

Park your car 8'' out from the space. Produce the four erect timbers from the
boot and place them along side the cars final parking position, where each wheel will be. Roll car foward into position so as each post covers each wheel tightly.

No way johnny clamper can clamp your car or lift it by the wheels, without using a jack.

L1011

squod wrote: »

Get a lenght of 4'' by 4'' timber and a sheet of marine ply.
Make four posts out of the timber and screw to four square bases.

Park your car 8'' out from the space. Produce the four erect timbers from the
boot and place them along side the cars final parking position, where each wheel will be. Roll car foward into position so as each post covers each wheel tightly.

No way johnny clamper can clamp your car or lift it by the wheels, without using a jack.

They don't lift cars by the wheels, so this won't work at all either. Even if it did, expect to see the Guards suddenly deem the car as an obstruction and cut the timbers to lift it.

pred racer

I've been told that if I let my suspension down all the way (citroen c5) that there isnt room to put the clamp on.....never had the neck to try it:D

squod

MYOB wrote: »

They don't lift cars by the wheels, so this won't work at all either. Even if it did, expect to see the Guards suddenly deem the car as an obstruction and cut the timbers to lift it.

Hmmm. Steel so.

L1011

squod wrote: »

Hmmm. Steel so.

The more insane the ideas get, the more chance of getting prosecuted for it. There's not a chance the Dublin clampers anyway would just drive away thinking "ah, he has us beat".

but anyway, they can lift you with no access to the wheels anyway so its irrelevant.

squod

Tits, or maybe trained pigeons. To warn you when they're comming for your car.

joey54

If you only have the clamp on one of the wheels couldn't they just put it on one of the other 3?

L1011

Tits might be the best suggestion so far!

PCPhoto

ffs the best way to beat them is to find an error (when they make it) and appeal.

money back !

Guy:Incognito

PCPhoto wrote: »

ffs the best way to beat them is to find an error (when they make it) and appeal.

The best way to beat the is pay for your parking and dont park illegally.

Despite what most people think, the clampers are not the bad guys here. If you park illegally your the one in the wrong.

Adam Selene

I find an angle grinder works quite well. I used a gas axe once but I accidentally burst the tyre, which kind of defeated the purpose.

Tropheus

Get a big estate, a trolly jack and four jackstands. Every time your park, jack up each corner, remove the wheel and insert a jack stand. The estate will allow you to store all four wheels in the boot. Do the reverse when you come back to the car.

A cunning plan if I ever heard one.

GreeBo

Adam Selene wrote: »

I find an angle grinder works quite well. I used a gas axe once but I accidentally burst the tyre, which kind of defeated the purpose.

Man I would love to have been the clamper watching you then; pissing myself laughing.

stealthyspeeder

Stekelly wrote: »

The best way to beat the is pay for your parking and dont park illegally.

Despite what most people think, the clampers are not the bad guys here. If you park illegally your the one in the wrong.

You dont have to be in the wrong to be clamped, when I was clamped by NCPS, I had obeyed the rules posted in their signs. When I explained this, they said I had to pay anyway! so I did this!!

Adam Selene

GreeBo wrote: »

Man I would love to have been the clamper watching you then; pissing myself laughing.

The tyre burst before I had damaged the clamp so I just called them and told them they had damaged my car. They took it off for free.

Usually the best bit is calling the company though:

Them: Hello ...... parking services, how can I help you?

Me: I have a clamp for you to pick up.

Them: Ok, where is it?

Me: Which bit?

BeciMester

Adam Selene wrote: »

The tyre burst before I had damaged the clamp so I just called them and told them they had damaged my car. They took it off for free.

This might be the way to go. Could we just let the air out of the tyre in question and tell them we found it that way, and they must have damaged it...?

Oh wait. The clamp doesn't let us get to the valve. Besides, there's no guarantee that the trick would work every time with the clampy company.

darragh o meara

Best one Ive seen is a lad who was so pissed off after getting clamped he went back up to the same carpark the following day, this time though he brought the lovely device from his field behind his house the electric fence box. He connected the box to both front wheels and went accross the way to the back of my jeep and sat in the back in wait. Through the tinted glass we had an unmerciful laugh when the same clamper tried to get the clamp on, poor lad got shocked about ten times before he got the hint and f uc k e d off. In fairness though he had been hard done by the day before when he had gone to Dublin on hte train and purchased the 24hr ticket in the station when parked up the day beforehand. Unfortunately for him the train was delayed out of heustan and as a result he arrived back to the station 15 mins after the ticket expired and discovered the dirty clamp. No amount of reasoning with the clamper done any good so in the end he had to pay up the extortionate fee.

I was clamped myself when the ticket blew off he dash of the jeep but was visible if he looked into the jeep. I saw one flaw though and exploited it, the chain on the clamp wasnt long enough to go round the wishbone so just dropped a few psi out of the tyre and used the jack bar to lever it off, and still had enough pressure to drive up the road to pump it up. Went into the station and told the lady at the counter "there'll be a lad here looking for this shortly" and handed her the clamp Poor woman nearly collapsed with shock. NCPS contacted me a few days later saying they have cctv of me removing the clamp and that they had not recieved it back and that they were reporting the matter to the gardai as theft. I let them do this and explained to the gaurd that I had indeed returned the clamp to the lady at the counter and that it should be well documented on cctv which it was and also on it was the clamper taking the clamp and kicking it about the carpark!!!!!! Result gaurds didnt persue and clamper hasnt been seen since!!!!!!!!

darragh o meara

Oh and if your trying to remove one of the ncps ones dont bother trying to cut the chain with a hacksaw as itll just eat the blades off it (its designed to be like this) and bolt cutters wont really cut it unless they're the ones with the very long handles 42" i think will sort them out, weakest point i have found is as above the frame but will still take a fair bit of sawing to go through.

congo_90

:pac: Yep Someone has balls

*not me